As much as I love Sid, he’s absolutely chicken shit about standing for anything. When asked about the Pride Tape ban, he said it was disappointing, but only spoke in general terms about the importance of supporting different causes and initiatives. No one on the Pens has yet to say the word “gay” or give a quote that is unmistakably about the Pride tape ban.
really tired of seeing the idea that women & girls are less likely to be diagnosed with autism because it “presents differently” so widely accepted even in progressive spaces
it is also widely accepted that women get raises less often because they don’t ask as much as men. this is objectively not true.
it is also widely accepted that women are taken less seriously when speaking because their speech patterns are associated with a “lack of confidence”. this is objectively not true. [1][2][3]
every time we talk about gender discrimination, people look for an explanation that starts with women’s behavior.
and every fucking time, actual research shows that across the board, women actually don’t behave that differently from men.
women aren’t diagnosed less often with autism due to “presenting differently”. it’s gendered medical neglect, and weaponized diagnoses disproportionately applied to women (e.g. BPD, HPD, bipolar, etc.)
someone may have written a book about this, and about how Autism is similarly overlooked in people of color and trans people but its impossible to know for sure
